A NURNBERG FAIENCE BLUE AND WHITE PEWTERMOUNTED WALZENKRUG, the cylindrical dark-blue-ground tankard decorated with a fruitfilled basket (Früchtekorb) within bands of triangular ornaments, the handle with a wreath, the spirally gadrooned domed cover connected with a globular thumbpiece to the handle, mid-18th Century

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A NURNBERG FAIENCE BLUE AND WHITE PEWTERMOUNTED WALZENKRUG, the cylindrical dark-blue-ground tankard decorated with a fruitfilled basket (Früchtekorb) within bands of triangular ornaments, the handle with a wreath, the spirally gadrooned domed cover connected with a globular thumbpiece to the handle, mid-18th Century
22 cm high

Lot Essay

cf. W. Schwarze, Deutsche Fayence-Krüge, p.189 ill.569 for a similar tankard

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